MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Although the region’s salmon fisheries are well into their summer seasons, much turmoil remains concerning the management of the state’s fisheries.
Fishermen lost time on area rivers and lakes this spring because the state and tribes had trouble reaching an agreement on seasons and allotments.
Those in fisheries-related businesses were hurt because of the uncertainty over whether fishing would be allowed at all.
Others feel the fisheries conflict drowned out other issues, such as the battle to bring a catch-and-release steelhead fishery back to the upper Skagit River, reported the Skagit Valley Herald.
